Cover of another edition of this book. The Jonathan Cape 1978 jacket has not been photographed yet.
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Hardback published 24 August 1978 (368 pages); BNB records it as London: Cape, 1978, subtitled 'Nazi-occupied Britain, 1941'. The jacket was designed by Raymond Hawkey, a friend of Deighton, and its back panel carries a faked photograph of SS troops parading down Whitehall (Wikipedia's infobox names Holly Macdonald as cover artist instead). Hawkey also made promotional pieces for the launch: a booklet of spoof British stamps with Hitler's head, and a postcard of the Whitehall parade image. These are scarce and add substantially to a copy's value when present.
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Jonathan Cape, London, in 1978, in hardback.
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